 There is at Oakham," says the Inquisition, "a castle well walled, and in that castle there are one hall, four chambers, one kitchen, two stables, one grange for hay, one house for prisoners, one chamber for the porter, one drawbridge with iron chains,...  ... Rutland - Page 104by George Phillips - 1912 - 171 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Frederic Chapman - Leicestershire (England) - 1893 - 374 pages
...buildings within the enclosure which have since fallen down. " There is," says the Inquisition, "at Oakham a castle well walled, and in that castle there are...There is without the castle one garden, which is worth 8s. a year. Stews under the castle, with the fosse, of the annual value of 33. 4d. The park called... | |
 | Sir James Dixon Mackenzie (7th bart. of Scatwell and 9th of Tarbat) - Castles - 1896 - 582 pages
...chambers, i kitchen, 2 stables, i grange for hay, I house for prisoners, 1 chamber for the porter, i drawbridge with iron chains, and the castle contains within its walls by estimation 2 acres of land." Thus it appears that the accommodation of the castle was not very great, and that... | |
 | Leicestershire (England). County Council. Planning Department - Regional planning - 1976 - 192 pages
...Inquisitions in the Public Record Office, which minutely details its precise condition in the 14th Edw. Ill (1340), and by this record we are enabled...with the fosse, the pasture of which is worth ^6. 135. \d. a year. The park called the little park contains 40 acres, the herbage of which is worth £6... | |
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